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The Hopes of Snakes
(Beacon Press, 2005)
The Hopes of Snakes and Other Tales from the Urban Landscape
Susan Chernak McElroy
”Lisa Couturier has crafted a collection of essays that is, quite simply, stunning. The Hopes of Snakes takes readers into the lives and hearts of city creatures---those animals who persist in spite of us, and who call us back to our wild souls again and again from the dustiest of ledges, the dirtiest of cracks, the murkiest of city waterways. With respect and deep sensitivity, Couturier has crafted out of her life stories a guidebook back to those relational roots that sustain us through the most paved-over aspects of human life. I loved this book---loved getting to know each pigeon, each turtle, each falcon along with a colorful human cast of characters wise enough to treat these creatures as relatives. This book is a keeper, a teacher.”
--Susan Chernak McElroy, author of the bestseller Animals as Teachers and Healers
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